Background
STEPHENS., New York City Son of Roderick Stephens and Marguerite Dulon.
STEPHENS., New York City Son of Roderick Stephens and Marguerite Dulon.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Designer, Vice-President and Director, Sparkman & Stephens Inc. 1929-1964, Chief Designer, President, and Director 1964-1978, Chair and Director January 1979-1985, Director Emeritus since 1987. Chairman Institute Technology Committee of Offshore Racing Council 1967-1974, 1977-1979, Councillor of honour 1979.
Chair, of Research Committee of Offshore Racing Council 1980. Fellow, Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers. Honorary Master of Science (Stevens Institute of Technology) 1945.
Honorary Master of Arts (Brown University) 1959. Some yachts designed: Dorade 1930, Stormy Weather 1934, (with W. Starling Burgess) Ranger 1937, Vim, Goose, Bolero 1938, Finisterre 1954, Columbia 1958, Constellation 1964, Intrepid 1967, Morning Cloud 1969, 1971, 1973, 1975, Courageous 1974, Flyer 1977, Freedom 1979.
Jt. Committee of Society of Naval Architects and United States Yacht Racing Union on Yacht Capsize 1980-1985. Royal Designers for Industry, London.
Married Florence Reynolds in 1930.